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T. L. REGESTER. WINDMILL GOVERNOR.

a) Patented Feb. 28, 1893.

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THOMAS LEIL REGESTER, OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR TO CHRISTOPHER C.DENNY AND OSIAS A. FARLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

WlNDMlLL-GOVERNOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,488, dated February28, 1893.

Application filed November-5, 1892. Serial No. 451,108. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS LEIL Rnens TEE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Blair, in the county of Washington and State ofNebraska, have invented a new and useful Windmill-Governor, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to governors, for windmills used for pumping water,by which the Water in an adjacent tank is kept at or near apredetermined height; and the objects of my invention are, first, toprovide a governor that will automatically disconnect itself from theaction of the pump and remain entirely at rest while the mill ispumping, thus avoiding much unnecessary wear; second, to pull the millout of the wind and thus stop the pump, by an up stroke of the pump rod,thus disposing of all lost motion in joints between the governor andmill-crank; third to provide a governor set for mills of the minimumlength of stroke,working equally well on mills of long stroke, utilizingonly a fixed portion of the stroke; fourth, to avoid all lateralmovement of the lever by which motion is transmitted from the pump-rodto the governor keeping its action in one vertical plane parallel to andadjacent to the pump rod. I attain these objects by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a topView of the machine as applied, the upper part of the inclosing casebeing removed. Fig. 2, is aside view of same. Fig. 3, is a detailedvertical section on the broken line a 9 looking toward the spiral spring17, in Fig. 1. Fig. 4, is a detailed vertical section on the broken lineCt 00 in Fig. 1, looking toward the pump rod 15; and Fig. 5, is adetailed plan of the lower portion of the end of the lever 1 within theinclosing case.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts through out the several views.

The reciprocating guide-block 3 is seated on the bottom of the inolosingcase, retained loosely in place by lugs projecting from the inner wallsof the case, and by passing the end of the horizontal part through thewall as shown; the upright part of the block has in its face adjacent tothe inner end of the lever l, a perpendicular groove with convex lips 3and 3 projecting toward each other; the ratchet bar 11 is fastened tothe lower end of the line for pulling the mill out of gear or out ofwind, by tying the line in the eye at the upper end of the bar which isthus loosely suspended through apertures in the top and bottom of thecase; the bar has on each side near its back edge a concave groove toloosely receive the convex lips 8 and 3 the opposite edge of the bar isprovided with ratchet teeth hooked upward. The lever 1 is supported andfulcrumed by the shaft 10, journaled in the ribs 28 and 28 to vibrate ina vertical plane the inner end provided with the laterally-swinging-pawl8 having the forward end bent toward and adapted to engage the teeth ofthe ratchet-bar, the pawl 8 being forced toward the bar by the wirespring 9 pressing against its rearward projecting end 24 and allowingthe pawl to be forced sidewise to the position shown by the broken line27,in order to pass the teeth on the bar; the upper part of the leverprojects over the pawl to reinforce its strength and the part 1' iswidened out under the pawl to prevent it from twisting, and forms one ofthe ears between which it is pivoted; the center of gravity of the leverwith its pawl and other attachments is outside of the case so that theouter end normally falls or rests on the pin 14 projecting from the sideof the pump-rod 15.

A sliding pawl or detent 4E actuated by the spring 13 is located on thebottom of the case directly beneath the inner end of the lever l, whichengages the ratchet-bar and holds it down while the pawl 8 is rising.The reciprocating-guide block 3 has an aperture to loosely receive thefree end of the wire spring 12, which forces the block forward towardthe pawl 8, and detent 4, until they are in working contact with theratchet-bar and the spring rests against the lug 12 on the bottom of thecase, (see Fig. 3;) the horizontal part of the guide block has a tooth20 projecting upward and adapted to engage the gravity book 5 whichholds theguide-block back against the tension of the spring 12, to theposition indicated by the broken lines in Fig. 3; the upper surface ofthis part is also provided with the shoulder 22. The lever 2 has itsinner end pivoted to'the bottom of the case and rests across the guideblock between the tooth 20 and the shoulder 22, passes out through ahorizontal slot in the side wall, and is provided with an eye at itsextreme outer end to which one end of the rope 18 is attached, the ropethen is carried over a pulley 19 and down, the other end attached to afloat in the tank. The spiral spring 17 has one end attached to the eyein the end of the lever and the other end fastened to the two by sixscantling 16, and tends to draw the lever around to the positionindicated by the broken lines, against the weight of the float. The arms6 project horizontally from the side of the guide-block and engages thedownward projecting arm of the bell-crank lever 7 on the side toward thelever 1. The bell-crank lever pivoted to the post 23 has the end of itshorizontal arm made round and loosely inserted through a doublecounter-sunk aperture through lever 1 between its fulcrum and the pawl8.

The principal working parts of the machine are as near as possibleassembled within a cast iron case, made in sections bolted together, andadapted to be bolted or screwed to the two by six timberlfl, which isattached to the base of the tower so as to bring the pump-rod 15 in therelative position shown, and place the pulley 19 immediately above therequired float in the tank.

In operation the relative moveihents of the several parts aresubstantially as follows. When the tank becomes filled raising the floatand stacking on the rope, the spring 17 draws the lever toward and alongthe inclined top of the tooth 20 between it and the gravity hook 5; thisraises the hook and releases the guide-block, the spring 12 then movesthe guide-block carrying the ratchetbar into engagement with the pawl 8and the detent 4; the arm 6 also moves away from the downward projectingarm of the bell-crank lever, this releases the inner end of the lever lcarrying the pawl 8, the outer end descends by its weight to be raisedby the pin 14 projecting beneath it, from the pum p-rod 15; the outerend of the lever 1 rides up and down on the pin 14 until the ratchet barhas been drawn down sufficient to pull the mill out of gear, when themill and governor rest, until the water becoming lowered in the tank theweight of the float draws lever 2 against the shoulder 22 forcing theguide-block back, carrying the rack-bar away from the pawlS and detent4, thus releasing it, when it ascends putting the mill in gear, the arm6 engages the bell-crank lever which depresses the inner end of lever 1,and raises the outer end to a point about one fourth inch above thehighest point reached by pin 14, the gravity latch 5 engages the tooth20 and retains all the parts in these positions while the mill ispumping, until the water in the tank has again reached the desiredheight when the governor will again arrest the operation of the mill.

It will be observed that all parts of the governor are at rest while themill is pumping,

the outer end of the lever 1, being elevated above the range of actionof the pin 14; also that, the pin may descend any distance 1n longstroke mills, the governor only utilizing a fixed portion of stroke;also as the ratchetbar approaches and recedes to and from the pawl 8 anddetent 4, no lateral motion of the lover 1 is necessary, hence it ispivoted to work in a distinct vertical plane, always accurately strikingthe pin 14.

The governor will work well with out the gravity hook 5, the tooth 20and the spring 17 but will not work as accurately or keep the water asnear a fixed height; it will also perform its work well with out the arm6 and bell-crank lever 7 but in such cases lever 1 would restcontinually on the pin 14 and thus be exposed to almost constant wear.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a wind mill governor the combination of lever 2 pivoted at one endactuated by the weight of a float to bear against the shoulder 22 on thereciprocating guide-block 3 carrying the ratchet-bar 11 and actuatedagainst the weight of the float by the spring 12 with the lever 1pivoted between its ends, having the pawl 8 at one end set to engage theratchet-bar the opposite end connected with the pump-rod, the ratchetbar11 connected with the wind-mill gear, and the detent 4 set to engage theratchet-bar 11 substantially as shown and described.

2. In a wind mill-governor the combination.

of the reciprocating guide-block 3, carrying the ratchet-bar 11connected with the windmill-gear, and having the inclined topped tooth20, and the shoulder 22,the lever 2 pivoted at one end across theguide-block between the tooth and the shoulder, actuated toward thetooth by the spring 17, and toward the shoulder by the weight of afloat, the hook 5 set to engage the tooth 20, with the lever 1 pivotedbetween its ends, having the pawl 8 at one end set to engage theratchet-bar 11, the opposite end connected with the pump rod, and thedetent 4 set to engage the ratchetbar substantially as shown anddescribed.

. 3. In a wind mill governor the combination of the reciprocatingguide-block 3 carrying the ratchet-bar 11 connected with the mill gear,and having the inclined topped tooth 20 the shoulder 22 and the arm6,the lever 2 pivoted at one end across the guide-block between thetooth and shoulder, impelled toward the tooth by the spring 17, andtoward the shoulder by the weight of a float, with the lever 1 pivotedbetween its ends having the pawl 8 at one end set to engage the ratchetbar 11, the opposite end normally falling on Signed at Blair, in thecounty of Washinga pin projecting from the pump rod, the deton and Stateof Nebraska, this 1st day of tent & set to engage the ratchet-bar, thebell-- November, 1892.

crank lever 7 one arm set to engage the arm THOMAS LEIL REGESTER. 5 6,the other arm loosely connected to lever 1 Witnesses:

adjacent to the end having the pawl 8 sub- F. W. KENNY, J12,

stantially as shown and described. J. V. MAYLE.

